VICTIM IDENTIFIED: Teen killed at party had ‘beautiful soul’

POLICE have spent the night hunting the suspected attacker who is believed to have fatally stabbed a young woman at an apartment party in Melbourne as its residents cry foul over "increasing parties" at the residence.

The nineteen-year-old woman killed in the attack in a Melbourne CBD apartment complex on Saturday morning has been identified by The Herald Sun as Laa Chol from Pakenham, in Melbourne.

Shocked friends have remembered her as a quiet person not known for causing trouble.

Commander Tim Hansen, of the North West Metro region, told reporters the woman died from "assault related injuries" when a group of people crashed a party she was attending. Neighbours reprtedly heard "horrendous screaming".

There are unverified reports she was stabbed to death.

Police were called to an address at the EQ Tower on A'Beckett Street about 5.15am Saturday following reports of a woman suffering serious injuries. Paramedics attended but the victim died at the scene.

Police investigate after a woman was killed in Melbourne. Picture: Nicole Garmston.

One of EQ's residents, Sean, said this was a growing problem in the tower.

"This is a tragedy that sadly has been building and building over the last few months," he said.

"What we're seeing increasingly is these parties of youths getting out of control.

"They seem to come and go at short notice. Many of them are obviously intoxicated or on other substances.

"As residents, we feel intimidated that we're unable to ask them to keep the noise down."

Mr Hansen said Ms Chol was part of a group who had rented a short term stay apartment in the building. During the course of the night, a "second group" arrived at the address on the 56th floor, and "a dispute of some nature occurred resulting in the victim being assaulted".

"A number of persons have immediately left that party," Mr Hansen said.

"Police arrived to what was a fairly chaotic scene."

One neighbour, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told reporters she heard "horrendous screaming" coming from the building in the early hours of Saturday morning.

"They were shouting and screaming and the girl's scream was incredibly loud … just screeching," she said.

"Normally I would call the police but they went off down the road.

"But it's not unusual coming from this building.

"So much goes on in the building in the middle of the night with people drunk."